This week marked the 140th anniversary of the
birth of Indian independence pioneer Mahatma
Gandhi. And to commemorate a man who chose a life of poverty and shunned material goods,
Montblanc has created a limited-edition pen with an 18K gold nib and a price of just $25,000.
The pen, in an edition of 241 (a reference to Ghandi's 241-mile tax-protest walk in 1930), also includes a 26-foot golden thread, meant to symbolize
Gandhi's ascetic lifestyle, which included weaving his own
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